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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S6W-40571

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 25 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to Science for Sustainable Agriculture’s report, Food Security – Outlook to 2025.

The Scottish Government has considered this UK report with interest and recognises the importance of a range of factors including land use, yield, and population in planning future food security.

The Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 similarly recognises the importance of these factors and requires Scottish Ministers to make a statement on food security at least every three years and to also have regard to food supply and security in the rural support plan.

The publication of Scotland’s 4th Land Use Strategy to be published next year will also allow us to further consider the multiple pressures on land and the benefits and opportunities presented by a more integrated approach to land use.

Question reference: S6W-40573

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 25 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much NHS boards have spent on posting appointment letters to patients using (a) the Royal Mail and (b) private couriers in each year since 2021.

Question reference: S6W-40468

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 25 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether the First Minister raised the issue of Scottish independence during his meeting with the President of the United States of America and the US Secretary of State on 9 September 2025.

Question reference: S6W-40472

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 25 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether a brief note was produced for the First Minister ahead of his meeting with the President of the United States of America and the US Secretary of State on 9 September 2025 in accordance with Section 11.14 of the Scottish Ministerial Code, and, if so, whether this note will be published.

Question reference: S6W-40473

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 25 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it will pass a note of the salient points of any substantive discussions that arose during the First Minister’s meeting with the President of the United States of America and the US Secretary of State on 9 September 2025 to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in accordance with Section 11.15 of the Scottish Ministerial Code.

Question reference: S6W-40471

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 25 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it engaged with officials at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ahead of the First Minister’s meeting with the President of the United States of America and the US Secretary of State on 9 September 2025.

Yes, the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office were engaged about the First Minister’s meeting with the President of the United States and fully supported the First Minister’s engagement with the President and the US Government on whisky tariffs. The First Minister was hosted at the British Ambassador’s residence in Washington D.C and was accompanied by the former UK Ambassador to the United States, Lord Mandelson, during his meeting with the President in the Oval Office.

Question reference: S6W-40599

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 25 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-40164 by Angus Robertson on 4 September 2025, whether the First Minister raised the issue of Scottish independence with the President of the European Commission on 26 July 2025 in line with the advice that he received in the "Key message" section that was set out in the briefing document for that meeting, which was published under FOI reference FOI/202500477553 and, if so, what the outcome was.

Question reference: S6W-40169

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 24 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when the Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing last met with the Chief (a) Executive of NHS Grampian and (b) Officer of Health and Social Care Moray.

Question reference: S6W-40178

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 29 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 24 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-39818 by Jamie Hepburn on 28 August 2025, which Scottish Minister was in receipt of the gifted print in 2023.

As Minister for Higher Education, Further Education & Minister for Veterans, I was gifted a framed piece of ceramic artwork in June 2023 and a lithograph in May 2025. The framed ceramic artwork was included in my proactive release entry for June 2023, and the lithograph will be included in the May 2025 release, which is due to be published in late September. These can be found on the Scottish Government website at the following link: https://www.gov.scot/collections/ministerial-engagements-travel-and-gifts/

Question reference: S6W-40604

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 24 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) 999 and (b) 101 calls Police Scotland has received from registered farm businesses in each year since 2021, also broken down by how many times a police officer provided an on-site visit in response, and what the average time taken was to provide the response.